my own endless night

#this remains such an interesting moment for me #and not just because of the infamous 'top me' eyes #but because of the connotation of wwx taking a drink for lwj #like in order for the courtesy to be met - for the person offering the drink to feel satisfied with the substitution of the drinker - #the drinker and the person being offered the drink have to have a pretty close relationship right? #like i'm not positive about how it works in chinese culture specifically #but general transitive property would allow only someone close to the intended recipient to take on the reciprocal courtesy #now wwx here is not above insulting jzxun #but i think he is above insulting lwj and it would be an insult to him for some random guy to take on this ""courtesy"" such as it is #like it would be weird for say nie zonghui to do that for him even just to alleviate the situation #it would also be weird if someone like mianmian did it but for entirely different reasons #so wwx comes in here and take a drink intended for Iwj and knows without thinking that it will be fine #insulting to jzxun sure but not to lwj and really who cares about jzxun #so it implies this closeness between them that is or should be acknowledged not only by the two of them #but also by the cultivation world at large #like fuck off jzxun but it has to read appropriately for the substitution to actually mean anything to the wider room #and i love that #i love that wwx is secure enough in the reputation of his and Iwj's relationship that he rocks up in there and takes that drink #i love that even though he's fighting through some stuff #some 'i once thought you were my zhiji 'i still am' stuff AND some wtf did these people do to wn stuff #he rolls up and with zero hesitation takes that drink for Iwj #i just love it okay?!?!?

As an older queer, allow me to say: the walls of the closet are load-bearing. It is our job as a community to stand in front of that door and tell everyone who wants to peek inside to fuck off.